Mark Whitfield

Aimee Mann releases new video from “Mental Illness” album – Watch

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aimee Mann’s new album “Mental Illness” (with a fantastic cover) is out next week, the follow up to 2012’s “Charmer” where she returns to a more musically soft-spoken but still lyrically barbed approach, exemplified by her current single, Patient […]

Emmylou Harris to play anniversary show at the Ryman

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Rolling Stone Country this morning: “Emmylou Harris is set to kick off a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium with a special show there on May 2nd. The Grand […]

New Fleet Foxes album picks up where previous ended

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Like exactly where it left off. Pitchfork reports: “On June 16, Fleet Foxes release Crack-Up, their first new album in six years. According to frontman Robin Pecknold, they pick up literally where they left off on […]

Here’s 10 socially progressive country tunes for you

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We love country music here at AUK, but the politics of mainsteam country can be something of a turn off in these weary times, so this is a nice article from Billboard reporting on country anthems […]

Jason Isbell previews new country music exhibit

March 22, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

If you ever get a chance to go to Nashville (a kind of Mecca for americana fans) then the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is still an essential. RS Country reports: “If the thought […]